Carriage-curtain fastener



(No Model.)

A. W. MITCHELL.

CARRIAGE CURTAIN FASTENER. No. 355,702. PatentedJan. .11, 1887.

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\ UNiTnn STATES ADINWV. MITCHELL,

OF DIALTON, OHIO.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,702, dated January11, 1887.

' Application filed July 12, 1886. Serial No. 207.796. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADIN W. lVIiroHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dialton, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio,

haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-CurtainFasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and Iouseful improvements incurtain-fasteners for vehicles; and it consists, essentially, of a plateadapted to be attached to either the lower part of the top frame or tothe body of the vehicle, and having a spring hasp or loop, the end ofthe plate having a projecting vlip, and ofa 2 5 portion of a curtain,and also showing the fastener applied to a portion of the top frame orbody; Fig.2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, a sectional view; Figs. 4, 5, and6, views, respectively, of the inside of the fastener, of the outside,

0 and, in section, of the staple or sleeve; Figs. 7

and 8, views, looking at the outside and edge of the fastener, showingmodified form of connecting spring with it.

The letter A designates a metallic plate hav 5 ing perforations or othermeans of attachment to either the body of the vehicle or to a desiredportion of the framework of the vehicletop, and provided at one end withalip or pro j ection,B. This plate is provided with a trans- 0 versepin, 0, near the other end, being bent or otherwise formed into a loop,1), for the reception of the pin, and with a slot which is occupied bythe spiral coils of the spring-hasp E, which are wound around the pin 0.The

4 5 ends of the wire forming the hasp project from the pin C, and lieagainst the plate, as at F, while the other end constitutes a loop, G.The action of the spiral winding of the hasp is that of keeping the haspnormally in close contact with the adjacent side of the plate when notengaged with the sleeve or staple on the curtain, and with a tendencytoward the plate when engaged with the sleeve.

The curtain is provided with a metallic or leather or other sleeve, H,by preference constructed of sheet metal, and having projections I,which serve to pass through the material of the curtain and to connectthe staple therewith by being clinched over, as seen in Fig. 6.

If the sleeve is made of leather, it should be stitched to the curtain.

Bypreference the sleeve is provided with a notch, J, within which thelip B of the plate fits, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

In fastening the curtain the sleeveis slipped between the hasp E and'theplate A by lifting the hasp slightly away from theplate. When thenotched portion of the sleeve reaches the lip B of the plate, the lipdrops into the notch and enters again into thehasp. Thus the connectionis formed, the lip resisting any longitudinal strain tending to draw thecurtain away from the fastening, and the hasp preventing thedisengagement of thelip and sleeve.

In disconnecting the curtain from the fastening it is simply necessaryto draw the curtain from the lip B lintil its end clears the sleeve,

when by moving the curtain away from the I lip the latter will slideover the sleeve and the staple from within the sleeve.

' It is noticeable that the necessity for cutting and workingbutton-holes in curtains is avoided, the particular objection to whichis their liability to wear larger and larger the longer they are used,and the consequent ac oidental unbuttoning of the curtain from thebuttons used in connection with them on vehicles.

There are several ways, it is obvious,of fastening the hasp to theplate, and while the preferred way is that shown and described, as itavoids the use of solder, yet I do not wish to confine myself to thatparticular way. i

The pin G preferably has a head on one end Which fits against the edgeof the plate,while the other end is turned or bent slightly over theother edge of the plate. Thisconstruction prevents the pin from slippingout.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the plate A is shown bent over at K and extended backpartly across the bend D, and thecoils of the loop are held within thebend by the portion which -is extended back. The ends of the loopproject through the plate at L and bear upon its outer face, so as toprevent the coils from revolving when the loop is sprung up.

I would have it understood that I am aware that pocket-book fasteningshave been made with a plate and a yielding or elastic bent bar hinged tothat plate. In such instance, however, the plate is not provided with aprojecting lip which engages the device to be fastened,"

a portion of which is coiled and the ends of which project beyond thecoil, and of a plate having a lip at one end and constructed at theother with a bend into which the coiled portion of the spring is fitted,the projecting ends of the coil bearing against the plate and the otherportion of the hasp bearing against the plate on the side next to thelip.

2. The combination, with a plate having a lip and bend, a slot, a pin,and a hasp wound about said pin and constructed to bear normally towardthe plate on the side next to the lip, of the metallic sleeve or stapleclinched to the curtain and adapted to receive the hasp and to beengaged by the lip.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADIN W. MITCHELL.

WVitnesses:

CHASE STEWART, A. WV. ROBINSON.

